Re: You'd think that this was still the ENGAGE Super League! : Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:03 am  

as someone posted earlier maybe Engage are still sponsors in some way, if so this is surely a good thing? People were moaning that Stobart were getting free advertising but then moaning that they aren't getting free advertising, make your minds up. The RFL said the Stobart deal meant they could get more sponsors on board maybe this is just one example of that.

Re: You'd think that this was still the ENGAGE Super League! : Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:15 am  

Yes and the ref/touch judges also had new sponsors.

Re: You'd think that this was still the ENGAGE Super League! : Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:17 am  

So maybe the RFL aren't as daft as people think.

Re: You'd think that this was still the ENGAGE Super League! : Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:18 am  

Although I really do think there should be a SL logo on the shirts

Re: You'd think that this was still the ENGAGE Super League! : Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:39 am  

christopher wrote:

as someone posted earlier maybe Engage are still sponsors in some way, if so this is surely a good thing? People were moaning that Stobart were getting free advertising but then moaning that they aren't getting free advertising, make your minds up. The RFL said the Stobart deal meant they could get more sponsors on board maybe this is just one example of that.

In a nutshell.

Stobart are only title sponsors. That's it.

Previously, title sponsors had a lock out of everything: refs shirts, post pads, boards around the ground, etc. Apparently even the sleeve sponsors are open to new advertising (Heinz Big Soup). We are getting more money from new places as well as what we've got from Stobart... and people are STILL complaining about it!

How people can complain that the Stobart deal us rubbish AND complain that they aren't sponsoring EVERYTHING is beyond me!

Re: You'd think that this was still the ENGAGE Super League! : Sat Feb 04, 2012 10:31 am  

Engage are no longer sponsors of any kind they just havent changed the branding as yet.

This can be seen as they are no longer featured as RFL sponsors on the superleague website

Re: You'd think that this was still the ENGAGE Super League! : Sat Feb 04, 2012 10:36 am  

Stobart aren't on the site either. We are talking about SL sponsorship not RFL partners.

Re: You'd think that this was still the ENGAGE Super League! : Sat Feb 04, 2012 10:47 am  

you do realise that RLfans still quotes it as ENGAGE SUPER LEAGUE?

maybe the moderators are too busy peddling self righteous left wing dogma on the Sin Bin to realise?

[Wheels]

Re: You'd think that this was still the ENGAGE Super League! : Sat Feb 04, 2012 11:21 am  

Panda92 wrote:

Stobart haven't offered any money at all. Ridiculous decision to go with them, imo, but there's no point me dwelling on it.

Stobart offered a million pounds worth of Europe-wide advertising instead, which is much better than £750k of anyones money.

The RFL rang engage last Wednesday to ask permission to use the post protectors this weekend. I imagine they are sorting out someone else to sponsor the new ones. Heinz tins or Iron Bru cans maybe?

Re: You'd think that this was still the ENGAGE Super League! : Sat Feb 04, 2012 11:26 am  

christopher wrote:

Stobart aren't on the site either. We are talking about SL sponsorship not RFL partners.

Apart from the left hand corner at the top